基于虚拟阵列的二维稀疏阵列相干源DOA估计

波达方向DOA估计是雷达阵列信号处理的一个重要方向,传统的MUSIC算法对均匀阵列条件下独立信号源的估计有很强的适应性,但实际的雷达工作中,稀疏布阵下多相干源测角是一个经常出现的应用场景。文中针对二维稀疏阵列的相干源测角,提出了一种基于虚拟阵列的相干源DOA估计方法。该方法利用虚拟阵列内插的方法,将一个任意二维稀疏阵列内插为一个均匀面阵,再通过二维空间平滑方法对相干源进行测角,能够同时获得信号的方位角和俯仰角信息。稀疏面阵和稀疏圆阵的仿真实验结果表明,该方法可以有效的解决二维稀疏阵列的相干源测角问题。     

DOA estimation for sparse nested MIMO radar with velocity receive sensor array

Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation for sparse nested MIMO radar with velocity receive sensor array is studied, and an algorithm based on extended unitary root multiple signal classification (MUSIC) is proposed. The nested MIMO radar utilizes sparse transmit array and velocity receive array with nested inter-element distances, which can make the final virtual array to be a long and sparse velocity sensor array. After exploiting unitary transformation to transform the data into real-valued one, an extended root MUSIC based method is developed to decompose the angle estimation into high-resolution but ambiguous and low-resolution but unambiguous DOA estimations, which are automatically paired. Thereafter, the ambiguous estimation is used to recover all possible DOAs, and the unambiguous DOA estimation is used as a reference to resolve the estimation ambiguity problem. Compared to conventional methods, the proposed algorithm requires no peak search, maintains larger aperture and achieves better DOA estimation performance. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of our approach.     

Adaptive Beamforming and Recursive DOA Estimation Using Frequency-Invariant Uniform Concentric Spherical Arrays

This paper proposes recursive adaptive beamforming and broadband 2-D direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithms for uniform concentric spherical arrays (UCSAs) having nearly frequency-invariant (FI) characteristics. The basic principle of the FI-UCSA is to transform the received signals to the phase mode and remove the frequency dependency of individual phase modes through a digital beamforming network. Hence, the far-field pattern of the array is determined by a set of weights. Thanks to the FI characteristic, traditional narrowband adaptive beamforming algorithms such as minimum variance beamforming and the generalized sidelobe canceller method can be applied to the FI-UCSA. Simulation results show that the proposed adaptive FI-UCSA beamformer achieves a lower steady-state error and converges faster than the conventional tapped-delay line approach while requiring fewer adaptive coefficients. A new broadband 2-D DOA estimation algorithm using ESPRIT techniques for FI-UCSA is proposed to recursively estimate the DOAs of the moving targets. Simulation results show that the proposed DOA estimation algorithm achieves a satisfactory performance for slowly varying sources at low arithmetic complexity.      

一种新的波达方向和多普勒频率估计算法

基于均匀圆形阵列，提出了一种同时估计空间非相干信号源方位角、仰角和多普勒频率的快速算法。该方法对均匀圆阵的输出信号进行模式空间转换，使得阵列流形具有类似于均匀线阵的形式，然后通过构造相应的数据矩阵得到传播算子的最小二乘（LS）估计，并由传播算子构造出一个特殊的低维矩阵，其特征值给出多普勒频率估计，特征向量舍有阵列流形的信息。结合模式空间阵列流形的性质，给出了一种DOA估计的总体最小二乘算法，在低信噪比条件下可提高测向精度。该方法不需要谱峰搜索和参数配对，具有运算量小的优点。计算机仿真验证了该方法的有效性。     

三正交分离式极化敏感阵列的波达方向估计

该文研究了分离式极化敏感阵列(SS-PSA)的多目标波达方向(DOA)估计问题。首先建立三正交分离式极化敏感均匀稀疏阵列的信号模型;接着利用阵列的旋转不变性采用ESPRIT算法计算出多值模糊DOA估计;利用该模糊DOA估计值对分离式极化天线进行空间相移的补偿,然后利用共点式极化天线之间的多维角度结构求出对应的虚拟DOA估计;最后通过提取多值模糊估计值和对应虚拟估计值之差的最小范数得到多目标的DOA估计。该文所提阵列采用分离式极化天线代替传统共点式极化天线,降低了阵列的互耦影响;采用稀疏阵列结构有效地扩展了阵列的物理孔径,大大提高了DOA估计精度。计算机仿真结果证明了该算法对分离式极化天线DOA估计的有效性和高精度性。     

基于波束域的子空间正交性测试宽带DOA估计方法研究

投影子空间正交性测试(Test of Orthogonality of Projected Subspace:TOPS)算法通过测试宽带信号各频率点上噪声子空间和信号子空间之间的正交性对目标方位进行到达角估计(DOA:direction-of-arrival)。此算法对参考频点上的信号子空间的估计依赖性较大,因此存在较多伪峰,低信噪比条件下性能差等缺点。针对该问题,提出一种基于波束域的宽带DOA估计方法。该方法通过将阵列接收信号转换到波束域,在波束域中利用信号带宽内各频率分量的波束域方向向量与噪声子空间之间的正交关系构造判决向量,根据判决向量搜索空间谱的极大值对应的角度进行DOA估计。该方法不需要进行角度预估,避免了TOPS算法中常出现的伪峰,降低了信噪比分辨门限,减少了计算量,具有较好的估计效果。将该方法分别运用到均匀圆阵和线阵上,通过仿真对比和海试实验数据的处理,证明了本文所提方法的有效性。      

非周期扩频系统中基于均匀圆阵的角度和时延的联合估计

该文通过空域匹配滤波器,将阵元空间中的均匀圆阵转化为波束空间中的均匀线阵,并将时空匹配滤波器的输出转换到频域,利用 DOA Matrix方法解决了非周期扩频系统中均匀圆阵条件下多径信号的角度和时延的联合估计问题及常规空域处理方法中多径数不能大于阵元数的问题。理论分析和仿真实验结果表明,该方法是一种无偏估计,且其估计精度远远高于滑动相关方法。     

基于均匀圆阵的信号源DOA和多普勒频率估计算法

本文研究均匀圆形阵列的信号处理问题 ,提出了一种同时估计空间非相关信号源方位角、俯仰角和多普勒频率的算法 .该方法对均匀圆形阵列的输出信号进行模式激励 ,使其阵列流形具有类似于均匀线性阵列的形式 ;在此基础上 ,特征分解构造的波达矩阵 ,由特征值获得各信号的多普勒频率 ,由各特征值对应的特征向量处理得到对应信号的到达方向 .该方法不需进行谱峰搜索 ,运算量小 ,能实现信号的方位角、俯仰角和多普勒频率的自动配对 ,且具有相当高的分辨率 .给出的计算机仿真结果证实了该方法的有效性 .     

Multiple Emitters Localization by UAV with Nested Linear Array: System Scheme and 2D-DOA Estimation Algorithm

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)equipped with uniform linear array has been applied to multiple emitters localization.Meanwhile,nested linear array enables to enhance localization resolution and achieve under-determined Direction of Arrival(DOA)estimation.In this paper,we propose a new system structure for emitters localization that combines the UAV with nested linear array,which is capable of significantly increasing the positioning accuracy of interested targets.Specifically,a localization scheme is designed to obtain the paired two-dimensional DOA(2D-DOA,i.e.azimuth and elevation angles)estimates of emitters by nested linear array with UAV.Furthermore,we propose an improved DOA estimation algorithm for emitters localization that utilizes Discrete Fourier Transform(DFT)method to obtain coarse DOA estimates,subsequently,achieve the fine DOA estimates by sparse representation.The proposed algorithm has lower computational complexity because the coarse DOA estimates enable to shrink the range of over-complete dictionary of sparse representation.In addition,compared to traditional uniform linear array,improved 2D-DOA estimation performance of emitters can be obtained with a nested linear array.Extensive simulation results testify the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

基于压缩感知DOA估计的稀疏阵列设计

根据格拉姆(Gram)矩阵优化测量矩阵的方法,给出了一种基于压缩感知波达方向(DOA)估计的均匀线阵的稀疏阵列设计方法.该方法不需要对阵列的输出数据进行压缩采样,直接利用稀疏阵列的输出数据,然后利用稀疏恢复算法求解DOA估计信息.实验仿真证明,相比于原均匀线阵,所提方法在阵元数目较少且信噪比较低的情况下具有更好的DOA估计性能.     

Direction of Arrival Estimation using EM-ESPRIT with Nonuniform Arrays

This paper deals with the problem of the Direction Of Arrival (DOA) estimation with nonuniform linear arrays. The proposed method is based on the Expectation Maximization method where ESPRIT is used in the maximization step. The key idea is to iteratively interpolate the data to a virtual uniform linear array in order to apply ESPRIT to estimate the DOA. The iterative approach allows one to improve the interpolation using the previously estimated DOA. One of this method’s novelties lies in its capacity of dealing with any nonuniform array geometry. This technique manifests significant performance and computational advantages over previous algorithms such as Spectral MUSIC, EM-IQML and the method based on manifold separation technique. EM-ESPRIT is shown to be more robust to additive noise. Furthermore, EM-ESPRIT fully exploits the advantages of using a nonuniform array over a uniform array: simulations show that for the same aperture and with a smaller number of sensors, the nonuniform array presents almost identical performance as the equivalent uniform array.     

Efficient wideband source localization using beamforming invariancetechnique

A novel scheme for wideband direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation is proposed. The technique performs coherent signal subspace transformation by a set of judiciously constructed beamforming matrices. The beamformers are chosen to transform each of the narrowband array manifold vectors into the one corresponding to the reference frequency, regardless of the actual spatial distribution of the sources. The focused data correlation matrix can thus be obtained without any preliminary DOA estimation or iteration. A simplified version of the beamspace Root-MUSIC algorithm is developed and used in conjunction with the proposed method to efficiently localize multiple wideband sources with a linear, equally spaced array. Numerical simulations are conducted to demonstrate the efficacy of the new scheme     

互耦条件下均匀线阵DOA盲估计

阵元间存在互耦时,经典的波达角(DOA)估计算法性能急剧下降甚至失效。针对互耦条件下均匀线阵DOA估计问题,该文提出一种基于盲源分离的DOA盲估计算法。首先,利用源信号的统计特性,由盲源分离方法估计广义阵列流形矩阵;然后,利用均匀线阵互耦矩阵带状、Toeplitz矩阵的特点,将DOA估计问题转化为多个可分离非线性最小二乘问题,由多个1维频域搜索得到DOA的估计。该算法无需高维搜索或多维迭代,对互耦自由度要求更低,互耦自由度未知时仍旧适用,稳健度高。数值仿真验证了该文算法的有效性。     

DOA estimation with a rotational uniform linear array (RULA) and unknown spatial noise covariance

Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation is one of the major tasks in array signal processing. In this paper, a new DOA estimation method is proposed using a rotational uniform linear array (RULA) consisting of omnidirectional sensors. The main contribution of the proposed method is that the number of distinguishable signals is larger than the methods in the literature with a uniform linear array consisting of the same number of omnidirectional sensors. Moreover, the new method can effectively reduce unknown spatial noises using a generalized complement projection matrix under the RULA framework. Simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method and comparison with some existing DOA estimation methods is also made.     

基于圆柱共形阵的快速来波方向估计

通过子阵分割和虚拟内插技术在圆柱共形阵上实现了快速准确的来波方向估计。在此过程中,共形于金属柱体表面的圆环阵被划分为八个相同的子阵,每一个子阵通过内插,变换为虚拟均匀直线阵,应用旋转不变参数估计技术(ESPRIT)算法和Root-MUSIC算法,可以快速准确地估计出来波方向。仿真结果证实了该方法的有效性。     

基于均匀圆阵相干信源的二维DOA估计

随着通信技术的不断发展,信号传输环境变得日益复杂。针对多径传播形成的高度相关和相干信号测向问题,提出了一种基于均匀圆阵相干信源的二维DOA估计方法。该方法利用均匀圆阵轴向虚拟平移解相干,通过去噪后利用虚拟子阵的自协方差矩阵和互协方差矩阵构造波达方向矩阵,利用该矩阵特征分解估计信号的俯仰角;然后将平滑后的自协方差矩阵与波束空间变换矩阵相乘,使圆阵的导向矢量具备范德蒙结构,最后用求根MUSIC算法估计出信号的方位角,完成了相干信号的二维DOA估计。该方法无需二维谱峰搜索,方位角和俯仰角自动配对,计算量小,分辨率高。仿真实验证明了所提方法的正确性。     

Low-Complexity Estimation of DOA and Angular Spread for an Incoherently Distributed Source

In this paper, a low-complexity method is proposed for the parametric estimation of an incoherently distributed (ID) source, using a uniform linear array. Based on the Taylor approximation property of the noise-free covariance matrix, the proposed method firstly decouples the estimation of the nominal direction-of-arrival (DOA) from that of the angular spread. And then utilizing the nominal DOA estimation and a special cost function, the angular spread can be estimated by constructing one-dimensional (1-D) searching spectrum. Compared with some existing techniques, our approach requires a much lower computational cost and can exhibit a better estimation performance in a single ID source case, especially for low signal-to-noise ratio. Simulation results illustrate the performance of the proposed method.     

一种均匀圆阵子阵干扰抑制DOA估计算法

常规空间谱估计算法在强干扰背景下往往无法正确估计弱信号的来波方向。针对此问题,本文提出了一种均匀圆阵子阵干扰抑制波达方向估计算法。将整个阵列划分为若干个子阵,利用提出的最小二乘波束形成算法分别对子阵波束加权以抗干扰,加权后的子阵可以看作是一个‘有向阵元’,将它们组成一个新的虚拟阵列,再进行超分辨谱估计。该方法通过子阵波束形成抑制强干扰,子阵输出中消除了强干扰分量,因此能够实现弱信号波达方向的正确估计,同时弱信号到达角估计的成功概率也得到了提高。最后计算机仿真实验验证了本文算法的有效性和正确性。      

Off-grid DOA estimation algorithm based on unitary transform and sparse Bayesian learning

A rapid off-grid DOA estimating method of RV-OGSBL was raised based on unitary transformation,against the problem of traditional sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) algorithm in solving effectiveness of signal’s DOA estimation under condition of lower signal noise ratio (SNR).Actual received signal of uniform linear array was generated through constructing augment matrix as the processing signal used by DOA estimation.Then,estimation model was transformed from complex value to real value by using unitary transformation.In the next step,off-grid model and sparse Bayesian learning algorithm were combined together to process the realization of DOA estimation iteratively.The accuracy of estimation could made relatively high.The simulation result demonstrates that the RV-OGSBL method not only maintains the performance of traditional SBL algorithm,but also reduces the computational complexity significantly.Under the situation of lower signal noise ratio (SNR) and low number of snapshots,the running time of algorithm is reduced about 50%.This shows the RV-OGSBL method is a rapid DOA estimation algorithm.     

Computationally efficient DOA estimation for coprime linear array: a successive signal subspace fitting algorithm

ABSTRACT

In this paper, direction of arrival (DOA) estimation of multiple signals with coprime array is investigated and signal subspace fitting (SSF) method is linked to the coprime array, which achieves a better DOA estimation performance than the traditional uniform array. While the SSF method requires expensive computational cost in the case of multiple signals due to the multidimensional global angular searching, we propose a successive SSF (S-SSF) algorithm from a computationally efficient perspective. In the proposed algorithm, we employ rotational invariance and coprime property to obtain the initial estimates. Then, via a successive scheme, we transform the traditional multidimensional global angular searching problem into one-dimensional partial angular searching one. Consequently, the computational complexity has been significantly reduced. Specifically, the proposed S-SSF algorithm can obtain almost the same DOA estimation performance as SSF but with remarkably lower complexity. Finally, Cramer-Rao Bound (CRB) is provided and numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.